But, if you can exercise some of the dispassion of a landscape professional and employ some of the principles of good garden design, you might end up with more satisfactory results in the long run.

Plants with heart-shaped leaves are a wonderful addition to any garden or indoor plant space! Not only are they aesthetically ...

A standout among an already magnificent group of plants, this reblooming variety from the Southern Living Plant Collection provides an endless supply of blooms all season long.

Learn what the best heat- and drought-tolerant perennials are to plant in and July for late season garden color.

I’ve talked about blooming flowers in your landscape, but my favorite is using foliage to give me color and texture. Researching your plant selection allows for different growing conditions ...

Leaf Texture: Japanese Maple leaves are hairless (glabrous), whereas cannabis leaves are typically covered with fine hairs, providing a tactile way to differentiate between the two plants.

Symmetrical leaf damage in newly reported plant fossils strongly resembles insect-produced holes in modern plants that can fold up their leaves, such as the common clover Trifolium (shown).

Maybe I’ve been exposed to too many great ideas at flowers shows and botanic gardens around the world, but traditional ways of sorting plants by genre are blurred to me.

Plants such as contorted filberts have wild and twisted branches that are fascinating in the winter when the leaves have fallen off.